Chapter 23 Winter Is Here
Chapter 23 Winter is here
Months have passed again and Hayden sits in his new Throne inside of His new Throne room. Hayden's once joyful face is now hidden behind a face of regret. His once child-like face now covered with a beard, his short tied hair was now long and loose. Crying was heard coming from a room so Hayden stood up to see what was making all that noise. When he opened the door he saw his mother holding a small baby girl, she was tapping the baby's back when the baby gave out a burp and stopped crying. Mother sees Hayden watching " Checking in on you baby sister?" Hayden smiles and walks over " I heard her crying and wanted to make sure she was okay." Mother hands the baby to Hayden "Who's a little princess? That's right you are. You're a little princess" The baby girl does nothing but laugh "She sure loves her uncle" Mother said as Hayden handed the baby back. Hayden here a loud door open then closes. Knowing that to be the front door Hayden walks out to see who entered.
He walks out of his mothers room to see Alice and Malcolm covered in snow " Wow you two look warm" Alice just looked at him mad and Malcolm ran to one of the many fire places. Hayden walks to his Throne and sits and Alice walks over " We should have enough food to last the rest of the winter. As long as we don't throw a bunch of huge parties we should be good." Hayden says nothing. Then Malcolm Chimes in " the people are happy as well. A little cold but happy" Hayden again says nothing. Alice looks at Hayden confused " Well are you happy about this? Wallace was worried we couldn't survive the winter. But now look, you did it!" Hayden stands up and looks at her "I would celebrate that but it seems we can't" Alice looks away angered by that response. The room was full of people talking. Hayden steps down from his throne and starts walking around
" Wallace was a shit king. He sold his kingdom out to save himself. What kind of man does that? Well I'll tell you. No man at all. I made sure we would survive, because I knew what I had to do. Now my kingdom is bigger and better than it ever was. My people are happy and fed. My bed is warm and shared with a beautiful woman, Life is great. I go to bed every night with a belly full of food and mead. But it will not always be like this. I have a feeling the worst is yet to come. Monsters from all around the world march for us. So we must prepare before they get here. I need the blue sharks to be ready. I need the Knights to be ready. And everyone else needs to be ready. For I have seen a god, well a goddess and she told me death is coming. I do not fear death but I fear dying without taking half of the bastards down with me."
The whole room starts Laughing. Hayden picks up a random noble kid and starts to spin him around "How many of those bastards are you gonna take down?" the kid says through his laughter " I will take all those bastards down" Hayden's face turns to shock then laughter " You Hear that this young man will take all those bastards down." Hayden puts the kid down and walks to the stairs leading to his room " If i fall in battle let the man who took down the most bastards take my place" The crowd cheers as Hayden walks to his room.
Hayden sits on his bed holding his sword." this one doesn't whisper to me like the others did" "What did you say?" Alice says walking through the door. Standing up "Nothing just saying how amazing this sword is" Hayden kisses Alice and hugs her " Tell me something. Why did you stay around? You could have left and did something else but you stayed. You say I changed but you stayed. Why?" Hayden drops the hug and Alice thinks for a minute. She sits on the bed and pulls Hayden down next to her. "That's easy. Love. you may have changed a little but you're still the man i fell in love with. You still love me every night like you we always have. Nothing really has changed. You may have had some hardships but that is no reason to leave. I will stay with you as long as we are alive."
Hayden lays his head on Alice's shoulder " you're too good for me" Alice smiles. The words Hayden said 'you're too good for me' Made her extremely happy. " let fuck then go to bed. Sound like a plan" Hayden moves his head off her shoulder "thats been the plan every night for the past year" Alice kisses Hayden and then night ends.
Hayden woke up fully geared and with his new sword, but this time he woke up in a ring of fire. He grabs his sword and stands up looking around for any reason to why he is there. Grace walks through the fire and to Hayden " This world is of your creation" Hayden not dropping his guard " Yeah sure. This world is as much as my creation as it is yours" Grace opens her hand and grabs Hayden's sword. It disappears then appears by his side. " This place is where souls come to rest before they are processed," Grace said as she picked up a soul. Hayden looks around at all the souls on the floor " Soul? Processed? What are you talking about?"
Grace waves her hand and now the place changes. Now they walk on the sky. " You are the creator of Heaven and hell. The overworld and the underworld. Good and evil. Once you opened that door and placed your hand on the altar, you became the creator" Hayden Falls to the floor in shock " Your telling me that those monsters shown on the wall I made?" Grace walks Next to Hayden and places her hand on his Head " not just them. You created me. You are my father, " Hayden looks up. He looks like he will throw up " I'm your father?" Grace rubs her fathers head " yes." Hayden stands up "if i'm your father who is your mother?" Grace Laughs " It didn't happen like that. When you placed your hand on the altar it took some of your DNA and mixed it and added other thing in it and made me."
Hayden hugs Grace " I don't understand any of this but I feel the connection between us so you must be telling the truth. Help me my understand everything please"
Grace smiles " when you placed your hand on the altar you released magic as well as good and evil spirits into the world. The altar took some of your DNA and made me. My job is to make gods and watch over to make sure they behave. Those gods will now help life grow everywhere and make sure the evil you released doesn't get too strong. Now as time goes on The magic you released will slowly take root in the planets and people giving people magic. What they do with that magic is for them to find out. You understand now?" Hayden thinks it over "It's starting to yeah. What happens now?" Grace Holds her father closer " we will not see each other for a long time. But you have a Destiny to follow. Once you finish the wall then we can see each other again."
Hayden pulls away from the hug and looks down. His body is disappearing, so he Hugs grace one last time " I will make you proud grace, i finish the wall and see you again" Grace Hold her father " I can't wait to show you everything i have done when you come back. I will make you proud also"
Hayden disappears and wakes up in his bed